hypoadrenocorticism

noun

Adrenocortical insufficiency; Addison's disease.

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Addison's diseaseAddison's syndromehypoadrenalism
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Meanings

nounhypoadrenocorticism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAdrenocortical insufficiency; Addison's disease.

    The current study investigates autoantibodies against steroid synthesis enzymes in dogs with spontaneous hypoadrenocorticism.

    2015 December 1, “Autoantibodies against Cytochrome P450 Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme in Dogs ( Canis lupus familiaris ) Affected with Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison’s Disease)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin

Similar
Addison's diseaseAddison's syndromehypoadrenalism
Broader
glandular diseasegland diseaseglandular disorder
Also see
addison's diseasehypoadrenalism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From hypo- + adrenocortical + -ism.

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